NEW UPDATE! Stellar Jades Calculation for the Upcoming Version 2.4 - Honkai: Star Rail

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[@CelesteSkies1]

I gotta tell you, when I saw Sparkle and NOT BLACK SWAN on my screen, I was in denial then in happiness cause I can save for BS more

[@Maadhara]

I wanted sparkle and jiaqio, thought I had time for sparkle, now I am doomed

[@AdelynBurleson]

Same bro

[@aoaron.r534]

I was also in denial when I saw sparkle appearing on my screen and it absolutely wasn't for a good reason. I was more like "WHY ARE YOU HERE WHEN IM BROKE 😭⚰️"

[@kittywithac4284]

Same cuz I was saving for Black Swan Lc too then remember in 2.5 there's lingsha for break team which I really enjoy that play style. Yeah I'm so screwed 😅

[@mennaiphone7306]

I have BS and I wanted feixiao now I have to get sparkle and hope to win the 50

[@tossacointoyourwitcherOriginal]

Around 14-16k seems to be what im getting every patch. Seems like they are very consistent

[@sorashizen5130]

Yeah basically at least every patch can technically guarantee you a 5* character, but it's enough when you want to pull 2 characters in the same patch with their LC xD especially when 50/50 is in the way

[@heilamwether8911]

@@sorashizen5130pretty much, it’s been around 90-95 since the introduction of Ruan Mei in 1.6 and if your skipping 2.4 (a lot of people are.) you are probably going to have enough to try your chance at what most people are going for, which is 2.5 with Feixiao and Lingsha. Rn, I have 10k jades, + the two for next patch and the one after, I will have enough to guarantee one of the two, but idk who to go for right now. (Feixiao seems to be a Swiss Army knife, Lingsha might be a replacement for Gallagher) Going to have to wait and see what’s going to happen or get leaked next patch.

[@sorashizen5130]

@@heilamwether8911 umm...I'm skipping 2.4 Which is Yunli and jiaoqiu for 2.5 which is feixiao and lingsha

[@heilamwether8911]

@@sorashizen5130 yeah, I’m also skipping 2.4, mostly because Jiaoqui got nerfed into the ground, and Yunli is just market Clara. Really hoping for Feixiao and Lingsha to be good, but we have literally nothing on them right now. (besides speculation, which doesn’t really prove anything :/ )

[@patcific5791]

I was so excited to pull for Jiaoqiu for my E2 S1 Acheron, but now that he got nerfed. I changed my mind to pulling sparkle during her rerun, condering she'll provide overall dmg boost not for only my Acheron team, but also my DHIL team.

[@sorashizen5130]

For any* team

[@SophieLee._.]

Well not quite cuz she won’t work for firefly or DOT, but yeah pretty much all team that requires crit, but not as wide range as ruanmei tbh.

[@FETUSSTATUS]

His damage got nerfed, but he just has the damage of a debuffer now. Which I assume was his intended purpose to begin with.

[@sorashizen5130]

That's actually less than what current patch gave, which is expected because of DU jades, anyway, hope 2.5 itself gives us lot of jades

[@NibbaAmogus]

DU?

[@sorashizen5130]

@@NibbaAmogus the new game mode

[@Voidling977]

​@@NibbaAmogusdivergent universe

[@obifire2636]

They'll be the reinitialisation of DU in 2.5 so it should match 2.3

[@aria7048]

after pulling for Feixiao, im saving for FATE COLLAB, gonna E6 Saber :D and the rest of the gang

[@Eicheronx]

Good luck with that

[@spacedorito9592]

I think I’m in the same boat, I really want Sunday and Sparkle first, and then everyone else maybe.

[@heenthousiast383]

if they do add Fate characters to the game, they will be most likely claimable for free like Ratio was

[@aria7048]

@@heenthousiast383 no E6? maybe one fate character will be free while the rest u gotta pull, cause im worried that if they're for free, their kit might suck like Aloy

[@envisionenvii3641]

@@aria7048 well, that wasnt the case with ratio

[@kenneth5729]

Since i got pity leftover from firefly banner and didnt pull on jade, we are definitely guaranteeing Feixiao and Lingsha

[@AryanYadav-fe3vy]

that's what I am gonna do as well. Yunli not my vibe and Jiaquo too g=nerfed sadly

[@kenneth5729]

@@AryanYadav-fe3vy same exact thoughts

[@JustRavynne]

i think we will get around 80-90 pulls every patch from now on... so based on that if you want to pull the phase 1 banner u might have to skip 1 patch entirely (assuming you didn't have any jade at the start of the patch) but if you aim for phase 2 banner you are golden just play everything and at the end you will get your 5 star (assuming you win the 50 50) yeyy!

[@joshushushu]

thank you so much for this!! i’ve been searching all over yesterday and now you have it! ❤

[@foureyesking]

89 is Somewhat Good For Me Cause I'll be Saving More After getting E0 Feixiao for E0 Lingsha

[@darkzodiac1923]

I am gonna pull for feixiao cause she looks pretty and is the new archeron

[@HazZzel-]

Going for Jiaoqiu (I want lc but also Sparkle 😭) then I'll be saving for Sunday

[@avekaa245]

I was waiting for this! Thank you so much ❤

[@awesomeawesome4188]

So happy Star Rail continues giving out so many jades per patch (tho for me I can't fully clear the endgame content but I'm working on it!) On the topic of 2.5, I'd love to see an updated video on the upcoming 2.5-2.8 banners + reruns (assuming Star Rail goes the Genshin route of moving on to 2.0 after 1.6 and going to 3.0 from 2.8).

[@Manhuntatmax]

Thank your for the info I’m pulling for yunli so knowing there’s gonna be that much is reassuring and thank you for being a great hsr resource for guides keep up the great work I appreciate it

[@quinmg4667]

I'm saving up for acheron but due to our practical research... I missed her banner, but the good thing is i have 230+ limited pulls still available....

[@lekhanhlinhfluttershy6352]

I’ll make sure to save my Stellar Jades for Yunli, Huohuo while saved for others in the future! Thanks for the advice!

[@majob]

Im actually glad Sparkle is rerunning because I missed my first chance to nab her for my hypercarry team

[@tomato1174]

same i took a break from HSR after i got e2 Dan heng, and then when i rejoined and saw vids on new team comps i got mad that i took a break within his best support.

[@kaslana2321]

I'm going to detonate. After milking the game dry of jades to barely acquire Ruan Mei and Firefly, I have roughly a month to save for Jiaoqiu and Sparkle? I thought it would be Black Sawn rerun and allow me to save for Sparkle, but I guess not. Hoyo is being unnecessarily mean to me as of late. I'm probably going to have to prioritize only one, so do I go for Sparkle or Jiaoqiu for my Acheron team?

[@ChickenHero143]

If you have E2 Acheron then Sparkle might be better, however if you don't then try getting Jiaoqiu

[@sorashizen5130]

Everyone says jiaoqiu is bad outside of the acheron team, meanwhile sparkle is a broken support that you can benefit from in the long term, besides, just my pure opinion but I hate how debuffing work in this game, at least your support's buff is guaranteed to land even in threshold6/cor12 DU/SU

[@Eicheronx]

Ok, I know this is not the comment I'm supposed to reply but just wanted to say thanks for answering other people's question under the comment section. You have saved me so many answers lol although I do like reading comments a lot. Again, thanks (YT not showing who I replied to for some reason lol, I meant to say thanks to sorashizen)

[@tomato1174]

i had the same problem but boothill instad of firefly, i milked the game for both of them and their lightcones but failed 50/50 on ruan mei but goth er 30 pulls in. Just saying as a f2p, this game has many ways to obtain jades but it is limited after u get most/ all of them so im going to try to get sparkle and her lightcone because she is more versatile than Jiaoqiu outside of acheron team comps.

[@Locklocksock]

I got 160 pulls rn, I'm hoping to get Yunli and her LC with this +10~ more when the new version is out. So 170~ wishes will be ready to go. Unless I go hard pity, lose my 50/50, go hard pity AGAIN to grab Yunli, I should still be able to garner enough warps to be able to go to hard pity in the first half for her lightcone with some grind. Though if I lose the LC, it's over.

[@eimanoh]

Even though sparkle is very tempting, I'm gonna fully skip 2.4 banners. I want the new general, her LC and hopefully 1 healer sparkle. Starting from 5k Jades so gonna buy the monthly pass and battle pass.

[@itakn8089]

I was going with huohuo (heard about the rerun from leaks), but with sparkle, i think it's hard to get huohuo

[@themug9205]

I need em Feixiao funds, I'll be pulling Yunli then gonna save for Feixiao

[@Takamitzu]

Keep Saving for Feixiao, unfortunately the pulls are not that much in this patch =/

[@czerruiz7192]

I've been saving since the start of 2.3, because there are no interesting characters to pull. And, because I expected Swan to rerun, I planned on pulling her and HH. But since it's been announced that Swan is not having a rerun in 2.4, I'll pull for only HH, and continue saving until Swan and/or Kafka get their rerun, and pull for one or both of them.

[@giovanihernandez4512]

For me, the total of pulls ill get at he end of 2.4 Is around 679 pulls, plus all the ones we get for the first half of 2.5, gonna pull for fei xiao and lingsha plus lcs for both, wish You all luck for those that want to pull for yunli/jiaquo.

[@burntc]

I need to improve my builds for endgame, I'm really missing some jades every patch :(

[@areiastremmler8730]

@@burntc Yeah same,I have good teams but most of my builds(at least on my second team)are horrendous

[@burntc]

@@areiastremmler8730 Really struggling with Argenti for AS, because I used my break team with Cocolia and my FUA Team (Topaz, Himeko/Ratio, Asta, Aventurine) can't clear with 1000 left. I saw someone do it with my team but a better build 😭

[@areiastremmler8730]

@@burntc I still use Dhil because I don't have a better team,I have a fully functional firefly team but my Dhil team just feels like it can't keep up at all

[@burntc]

@@areiastremmler8730 Today I finally did it 😭 Beat apocalyptic shadow 4 with full stars! Good luck to you 🐱

[@areiastremmler8730]

@@burntc Congratulations!I haven't tested most of the modes yet,I should probably try them after I finish my Dhil again haha

[@XenogearsPS]

Saving for the next patch. No more spending my hard earned cash, finally lmao.

[@Eicheronx]

Good decision to be honest

[@obifire2636]

It's all or nothing as the gambler said. And since I alreeady have Huohuo and Hanabi I'll focus on Yunli and Jiaoqiu I also want to use this version as an experience to see if I mastered AS or not, I've been able to beat it within 1 day with Sushang and Acheron the last time and now I need to witness if I'll need to go build Boothil and other characters to keep doing it

[@josegamerakargbparamaisfps]

Planning to get Lingsha, and Fei Xiao, but o got hooked by Lingsha she is so pretty!

[@JakeSnakeDrawing]

I've got around 60 pulls saved and I'm saving it all for Sparkle's rerun and then Sunday when he comes out,, I really want to go for e1 s1 sunday but that might be a stretch ;-;

[@Xfactor3521]

Every stellar jade amount counts, no matter how small

[@fatarehn4006]

Okay. Let me count my future pulls. 113 pulls and for now I had around 30 pulls. 10 days before 2.4 come to get monthly pass jades and 600 jades for completing DU still unclaimed. It is around 150ish pulls. Now, I sit on 10 pity and still need 20 pulls for the worst outcome. Kinda sad that my Gui and Arlan are not E6, so I am unable to get refund 1 pull if I get them. At least my Hook is E6, man I hope I get hook or any other already E6 characters when I pull for my Foxian healer. Well, I think I am good. I can find that 20 pulls from who know somewhere.

[@181diane]

I have E2S1 Acheron and while Jiaoqiu seems good for her, maybe a more universal support would be better. I don't want Ruan Mei because I already use her a lot on my main account, I want a different team for Acheron account. And Sparkle is alright but I'm looking forward to newer supports (maybe Sunday??)

[@elfawne]

I have Acheron, Boothill and Firefly so probably gonna pull Jiaoqiu and Lingsha. I love Feixiao design and mechanics looks fun so far, but I already have a hunt dps. I also like Yunli's gameplay and I need a FUA unit but her design doesn't really sold me.

[@Oscar-y5q]

Wow 14300 jades... Combine that with the 12000 jadesi have and boothill is basically guaranteed

[@williamcordero9521]

If I'm pulling it would be for huohuo's light cone. The new characters don't catch my attention and I just don't like sparkle even if she's a really good buffer.

[@areiastremmler8730]

I will save my Jades for a Fu Hua expy or for the Fate collab,it’s still a few months until the collab begins but it might be worth it

[@LordStrell]

2.4 just became the easiest skip patch for me

[@samueltrifan4872]

2.4 and 2.5

[@Komorebi_osu]

Im pulling for Jiaoqiu, Feixiao and Lingsha... seriously considering going whale for Feixiao... so many good characters

[@exo2er]

My Goal was to pull E2S1 Yunli. Now after the 2.4 Livestream my goal has become to pull E2S1 Yunli, Huohuo + LC, Sparkle E2S1, Feixiao+ LC and Lingsha + LC. I wish it was Black Swan instead of Sparkle in Phase to so I can farm more jade, but now im forced to "invest" in Sparkle....

[@asherkole]

may the aeons of patience guide me to not pull for anyone until lingsha arrives

[@orangenoob2768]

I'm freaking pissed that they swapped out Black Swan for Sparkle. When I heard Black Swan was rerunning in 2.4, I decided that 2.4 was going to be a skip and so I pulled both Jade and Firefly in 2.3. Then suddenly it changed to Sparkle and I have 0 pity and 0 jades left for her when I actually wanted to save for her E0S1. For some reason I've also received very few jades this month (July) even though I've completed everything. I only received like 7k stellar jades whereas in May and June I earned upwards of 12k stellar jades. Kinda disappointed that 2.4 isn't giving that many jades either. Maybe I should just give up and save for the Fate collab

[@SophieLee._.]

I’m so sad that sparkle is coming earlier than I expected, cuz I’m pulling for yunli, also wanting her sig and huohuo. I can’t pull for huohuo now that I’ll have to pull two (or more) 5 stars in one patch. (I’m currently on soft pity 57 and have about 70 pulls)

[@chilldude6969]

i might E2 my sparkle currently she is E1!!! She might be better bet than Jiaoqiu but its see...

[@acheronmybeloved-y4v]

Planning on getting Sparkle, another acheron copy for e2, and boothill. Got a bit anxious because i thought sparkle would take a while but i should be fine if i get lucky. thank you for this.

[@maxkenhadn]

Saving for Ruan Mei coz I lost 50/50 on her last rerun 😭

[@lvssunoo]

I legit went into barbaric rage mode when i lost her to Gepard bruh 😔

[@eddiemate]

I have a guarantee leftover from Firefly, but tbh I’m considering skipping the patch. I won’t need either of the new characters, and I have both reruns. I’d be better off going for a future rerun like Black Swan than eidolons or light cones.

[@Unitailty]

im going to pull for yunli! not going to pull for lingsha, mainly because i don't have firefly (its not that iwanted to skip), i wanted ruan mei for my boothill but lost to bailu, which made me not able to get ruan mei or firefly. soo im thinking of pulling yunli, i already prefarmed and everything. thanks for this video! it helped me find out if i can have a five star in the upcoming patch. i might pull feixiao, not sure.

[@FETUSSTATUS]

Idk who to choose from 🙃 I like the parry system of Yun-li because it reminds me of Sekiro. I want the fire cook for my Acheron team. But i want the wind character in 2.5 because I have no good 5 star wind damage character. But Lingsha is supposed to be for Firefly teams uuuuggggghhhhh 😭😭😭

[@queenz5704]

I’m skipping everything for Tinyun and Sunday so the more pulls the merrier

[@_Aimxr]

895 jades?!? I thought jades from exploration like opening chests and puzzles wouldn't give much, I've finished picking every chest on the first main ship then jarilo. I completely didnt do xianzhou and penacony 😭🙏 Seems like im missing out

[@Eicheronx]

They actually give out quite a lot honestly, I was also surprised

[@nakzetf]

I really wanted Huo Huo and Sparkle's Lightcone, but I have nothing besides monthly pass and I am not clearing endgame content all the way, so it will be difficult for me to get what I want and I am not even Guaranteed

[@alexanderescalante9655]

i'll be pulling for feixiao and maybe lingsha, then i'll just have to wait and see till the other new characters get drip marketed.

[@jorgelouiesacabin8337]

I can save so much jades for sparkle and her lc and i still have a guaranteed pull for jade because i did a risky to lost my 50/50 so i can guarantee my sparkle

[@veezerrscharnhorst]

Sparkle outshines yunli and jiaoqiu completely

[@lyraluna5239]

I'm going for HuoHuo and maybe Jioqiu, depending on what Feixiao do and the rerun banner. Defenityvly going for Lingsha. I have a problem with healer. I have every of them, except Huohuo right now. I have good characters, but I'm really bad at building them

[@PrebbyEdits]

When sparkle appeared instead of black swan it was a jump scars cause I’m 10 pity into character banner and need around 20 pulls for a light cone and then there’s lingsha that I need too

[@Billo_1013]

Bro, if Black Swan comes after Sparkle and then comes Acheron I will fucking explode. There's no way I am getting all three + Acheron's signa with shitty 50/50 win rate of 0%

[@xingqiu2814]

I'm going for Jiaoqiu then Lingsha(Thankfully both are second phase)

[@beefy_v8743]

Tryna finesse sparkle been playing since June 1st alr got fu xuan fire fly ruan Mei now hoping for sparkle my love

[@mrJones-ii7sh]

You forgot to mention the new area will have chests and puzzles. I mean we have no idea how many but I saw those rubix cube things in the trailer

[@Eicheronx]

Did include those I'm pretty sure

[@tokyodami2635]

Idk what to do since the monthly reset is going to happen in 2.4 and I have no currency to buy the monthly 5 limited passes and I don’t want to use my pulls to earn enough to buy them all

[@mightymanatee5342]

I'm planning on getting Feixiao with my current guaranteed banner character then saving for a possible Acheron rerun to get her E2

[@ventisimp4032]

All Sunday wanters are loyal to their jades till he comes out

[@johndoodIe2]

I have no idea wether to just save up for Feixiao or Lingsha Cause my best dps rn is Clara and i only have 1 limited sustain. The other team is using him (Ratio) my best healer for Clara is lynx which is fine but she kinda lacks On the other hand, i want Feixiao cause my Clara just doesn't do that much Damage

[@polarbully3539]

E0S1 sparkle! If my pulls are lucky than it’s E1S1!

[@strxrry_ace]

im pulling for Jiaoqiu....SUNDAY WHERE ARE YOUUUUUU

[@DonFreecssCL]

Saving for the next best Jiaoqia that'll be happening in version 2.6 (delusional)

[@echidnabathwater6627]

I'm so happy that I wanna skip both people for 2.4. And while I don't want to skip Feixiao. . . Tingyun 5 star is needed in my life so she gotta go. Unless she is crazy strong.

[@sumiooSU]

im late pity because i tried getting jade but fuck it imma pray for huo huo and a sparkle win this patch or else i might pull out my card with 17 numbers

[@Lenkii]

14k jades for our lord Sunday, hell yeah!🎉 good luck to everyone who is pulling in 2.4, and may you be blessed from this fellow Sunday cultist🙏

[@HazZzel-]

Fellow Sunday cultist??

[@Lenkii]

@HazZzel- did i stutter?

[@Eicheronx]

We Sunday mains always gather under your comment lol

[@Lenkii]

@@Eicheronx glad to be the beacon and seeing all the Sunday mains united as one🙌

[@HazZzel-]

@@Lenkii REJOYCE omg I've found my people

[@hikaakox]

I'll try to go for Sparkle but I don't think I'll be able to get her unless I will win the 50/50 cause I'm on 3 pity and have nearly 4 pulls after my wishing this version 😂

[@rikon1440]

MY LINGSHA IS GUARANTEED 🗣️🔥

[@denisshirokov4783]

Mine too for firefly e2s1 :)

[@hahaxd856]

@@denisshirokov4783 Did someone asked?

[@yaraa__2]

​@@hahaxd856this is a public comment, No one needs to ask for a comment?? He only said He's guaranteed for lingsha too?? Are you dense?? Also did someone ask**

[@hahaxd856]

@@yaraa__2 who are you? Seeking for attention?

[@yaraa__2]

@@hahaxd856 can't think of a response other than that? You do realize that you're the one seeking attention yet that never seems to get into your small brain. Fix your grammar before you try to get into an argument.

[@diondzgi1481]

I was saving material for jiaoqiu 😭😭 now I have to skip him for sparkle 😭😭 e2s1 sparkle here I come 😭💝

[@9Tailsfan]

He's on the same banner as her. So you might get them both.

[@diondzgi1481]

@@9Tailsfan let’s hope so 😭

[@mikuuisfluffy16]

I am saving for Feixiao, and I am guaranteed. And also, I want to pull for Huohuo; which one is good to pull? for my Jingliu, but I have Fu Xuan.

[@Marvina99]

Wait wasn’t it supposed to be black swans rerun with the fox man in phase 2?

[@Eicheronx]

I mean some people did speculate that but it was actually Sparkle disguised as Black Swan lol

[@Marvina99]

@@Eicheronx rip savings 😭 wanted black swan badly tho, I wanted huohuo too. Problem solved. I will be pulling for huohuo and if any left overs sparkle

[@FabioPickler]

I'm pulling Sparkle. I lost her on the 50/50.

[@Silverwolfandblade]

Going for my girl huohuo and then saving for lingsha for my firefly team

[@aFoggyDay_1]

Im pulling for yunli and huohuo after that saving for feixiao only feixiao

[@DemiDrako]

I’m going to be pulling for yunli and huohuo I currently have 70 pity (thanks to firefly) and have 40 pulls plus the ones on this next patch it should be enough, after that I’ll save but I’m not sure Feixiao or save for my woman tingyun

[@0snddi]

That’s a lot of Ms. Bonajade!!

[@Kamuii777]

im pulling for huohuo and then im saving for acheron rerun

[@TheBlueAxolotlQueen]

I THOUGHT I HAD MORE TIME TO SAVE FOR SPARKLE WHAT- welp steller jade farming time i guess T-T

[@oIIified]

How many pulls do ya get through phase 1 with monthly pass? I gotta gather up 320 pulls for Yunli n her LC so I don't get disappointed

[@Eicheronx]

Around 70% of the total jades give or take

[@macisenpai]

Ngl, I hope Lingsha will be not must pull because I'm saving for Feixiao and Aventurine right now... Even if I need a second helaer But 😭

[@holywitch13]

I need Feixiao. I just need her. Maybe I will buy monthly pass even

[@VitorSantos-jh9vc]

I want the cute girl with the big sword

[@thk.helios]

pulling lingsha for ff super break. thanks for replacing gallagher hoyo

[@amaxo7476]

I have a question, if I did a 10 pull in Firefly banner, got her, but in the same pull I got Clara after her. Does that mean that the next 5 star is gonna be the limited? Thanks for this video too, I guess I'll try my best to get all the endgame things clear since I'm bad at them 😂

[@mounisailaxman6717]

Yes if you get clara after firefly in your 10 pull

[@reyazhaider3356]

Yunli was guaranteed but damn Feixiao is soooo cool, Lappland will come home

[@Sundayssoftfeathers]

I heard aventurine is coming in 2.5... oh lord have mercy im a f2p and i want both sparkle and adventurine 😭😭😭

[@Eicheronx]

I don't think Aven will rerun that early personally

[@Sundayssoftfeathers]

@@Eicheronx I really hope so too...

[@S0meT3n]

Imma just save for topaz, robin and aventurine but damn sparkle outta nowhere

[@Kerath]

Fate Collab will be brutal, everyone will want E6 Illya

[@DantoriusD]

Doubt they bring Illya. Pretty sure its only Shirou,Archer,Saber,Rin and maybe Gilgamesh.

[@michaelraj5626]

ALL MY JADES GOES TO OUR GENERAL OF YAOQING...........FEIXIAO AND HER LC

[@gudakoalter]

no more rolling for me until the Fate UBW collab.

[@chipsalancienne3080]

LMAOOOO Bro's blueballing (I understand tho)

[@theunknown1760]

Relief that black swan not yet rerun I can go for houhou now

[@vxynk1504]

hello you beautiful people

[@cgc7032]

Well, after the announcement of the Fate collaboration, the whole next year is the easiest skip for me.

[@randomviewer112]

Can you please not include regular pass in the calculation cause we cant use it for limited chars that way we can actually estimate how much pull we will have

[@Eicheronx]

I don't think I used any kind of regular passes in the calculation to be honest